He was young Marjane's hero because he was the first family member she discovered who spent time in prison for his revolutionary activities in Azerbaijan.
Who is Uncle Anoosh?
100
The last prophet
What does Marjane want to become when she grows up?
100
This country engaged in a long and arduous war with Iran causing a disruption in Marjane's family life.
What is Iraq?
100
This part of a comic contains illustrations, captions and dialogue to deliver the story of a comic. A comic book is made up of a collection of these.
What are panels?
100
Hands raised with palms out suggest
What is surprise?
200
Neda Baba-Levy
What is the name of Marjane's friend who died in a bombing?
200
Marx, Trotsky, Che Guevara
Who are communist revolutionaries Marjane admired?
200
This group approached Marjane on the street and threatened to take her into custody for wearing materialistic, Westernized clothing, wearing a Michael Jackson pin and wearing her head scarf incorrectly.
Who are the Guardians of the Revolution?
200
This area is the space between panels.
What is the gutter?
200
These two colors stood for "bad" and "good" in Persepolis
What is black and white?
300
Zarathustra
Who was the first prophet of Islam?
300
The day that many protesters were massacred by the Shah
What is Black Friday?
300
Marjane was exposed to the brutal details of war when these men visited her home after their release from prison. (Two possible answers)
Who is Siamak Jari? or Who is Mohsen Shakiba?
300
Dialogue and thoughts are enclosed in these.
What are thought/speech bubbles? What are thought/speech balloons?
300
This type of figurative language includes words that sound like their meaning. For example, buzz, boom, click.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
This member of the Satrapi's household staff was distressed over her young son's recruitment into the army.
Who is Nasrine? or Who is the maid?
400
The person in power in Iran before the Islamic Revolution
Who is the Shah
400
Marjane performed this act of defiance after her mother scolded her when she skipped school.
What is smoking a cigarette?
400
method of drawing attention to text
What is special effect lettering?
400
describes the way some images draw the eye more than others, creating a definite focus using color and shading in a variety of ways
What is graphic weight?
500
On the night before Marji's learns she will be leaving Iran she thought of this young, Communist woman who was killed by the government. Marji decided that this woman was a true martyr.
Who is Niloufar?
500
the sum a man must pay to a woman when marrying her
What is a dowry?
500
Marjane was expelled from two schools and was sent to live outside of Iran after these two offenses.
Refusing to turn over jewellry to one principal and arguing with a teacher about the Iranian government.
500
This is the term for when an image runs of the page eliminating the gutter.